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From: Pavel Kharitonov
Subject: trans-coord/gnun/philosophy schools.html
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 07:37:53 +0000

CVSROOT:        /sources/trans-coord
Module name:    trans-coord
Changes by:     Pavel Kharitonov <ineiev>       11/09/26 07:37:53

Removed files:
        gnun/philosophy: schools.html 

Log message:
        rm philosophy/schools.html

CVSWeb URLs:
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/trans-coord/gnun/philosophy/schools.html?cvsroot=trans-coord&r1=1.16&r2=0

Patches:
Index: schools.html
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RCS file: schools.html
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-<!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" -->
-<title>Why Schools Should Exclusively Use Free Software - GNU Project - Free 
Software Foundation (FSF)</title>
-<!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" -->
-<!--#include virtual="/philosophy/po/schools.translist" -->
-<h2>Why Schools Should Exclusively Use Free Software</h2>
-
-<p>by <a href="http://www.stallman.org/";>Richard Stallman</a></p>
-
-<p>There are general reasons why all computer users should insist on
-free software: it gives users the freedom to control their own
-computers&mdash;with proprietary software, the computer does what the
-software owner wants it to do, not what the user wants it to do.  Free
-software also gives users the freedom to cooperate with each other, to
-lead an upright life.  These reasons apply to schools as they do to
-everyone.  The purpose of this article is to state additional reasons
-that apply specifically to education.</p>
-
-<p>Educational activities (including schools) have
-a <a href="/education/education.html">duty to teach only free
-software.</a>  Here are the reasons.
-</p>
-
-<p>First, free software can save schools money. Free software gives
-schools, like other users, the freedom to copy and redistribute the
-software, so the school system can make copies for all the computers
-they have. In poor countries, this can help close the digital
-divide.</p>
-
-<p>This obvious reason, while important in practical terms, is rather
-shallow. And proprietary software developers can eliminate this reason
-by donating copies to the schools.  (Warning: a school that accepts
-such an offer may have to pay for upgrades later.)  So let's look at
-the deeper reasons.</p>
-
-<p>Schools have a social mission: to teach students to be citizens of
-a strong, capable, independent, cooperating and free society.  They
-should promote the use of free software just as they promote
-recycling.  If schools teach students free software, then the students
-will tend to use free software after they graduate.  This will help
-society as a whole escape from being dominated (and gouged) by
-megacorporations.</p>
-
-<p>What schools should refuse to do is teach dependence.  Those
-corporations offer free samples to schools for the same reason tobacco
-companies distribute free cigarettes to minors: to get children
-addicted <a href="#1">(1)</a>.  They will not give discounts to these
-students once they've grown up and graduated.</p>
-
-<p>Free software permits students to learn how software works.  Some
-students, on reaching their teens, want to learn everything there is
-to know about their computer and its software.  They are intensely
-curious to read the source code of the programs that they use every
-day.  To learn to write good code, students need to read lots of code
-and write lots of code.  They need to read and understand real
-programs that people really use.  Only free software permits this.</p>
-
-<p>Proprietary software rejects their thirst for knowledge: it says,
-&ldquo;The knowledge you want is a secret&mdash;learning is
-forbidden!&rdquo; Free software encourages everyone to learn. The free
-software community rejects the &ldquo;priesthood of technology&rdquo;,
-which keeps the general public in ignorance of how technology works;
-we encourage students of any age and situation to read the source code
-and learn as much as they want to know. Schools that use free software
-will enable gifted programming students to advance.</p>
-
-<p>The deepest reason for using free software in schools is for moral
-education. We expect schools to teach students basic facts and useful
-skills, but that is not their whole job. The most fundamental job of
-schools is to teach good citizenship, which includes the habit of
-helping others. In the area of computing, this means teaching people
-to share software.  Schools, starting from nursery school, should tell
-their pupils, &ldquo;If you bring software to school, you must share
-it with the other students.  And you must show the source code to the
-class, in case someone wants to learn.&rdquo;</p>
-
-<p>Of course, the school must practice what it preaches: all the
-software installed by the school should be available for students to
-copy, take home, and redistribute further.</p>
-
-<p>Teaching the students to use free software, and to participate in
-the free software community, is a hands-on civics lesson. It also
-teaches students the role model of public service rather than that of
-tycoons.  All levels of school should use free software.</p>
-
-<ol>
-<li><cite><a name="1"></a>RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company was
-fined $15m in 2002 for handing out free samples of cigarettes at
-events attended by children.  See <a 
href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/sci_tech/features/health/tobaccotrial/usa.htm";>http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/sci_tech/features/health/tobaccotrial/usa.htm</a>.
-</cite></li>
-</ol>
-
-</div>
-
-<!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" -->
-
-<div id="footer">
-
-<p>
-Please send FSF &amp; GNU inquiries to
-<a href="mailto:address@hidden";>&lt;address@hidden&gt;</a>.
-There are also <a href="/contact/">other ways to contact</a>
-the FSF.
-<br />
-Please send broken links and other corrections or suggestions to
-<a href="mailto:address@hidden";>&lt;address@hidden&gt;</a>.
-</p>
-
-<p>
-Please see the 
-<a href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">Translations
-README</a> for information on coordinating and submitting
-translations of this article.
-</p>
-
-<p>
-Copyright &copy; 2003, 2009 Richard Stallman
-<br />
-This page is licensed under a <a rel="license"
-href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/us/";>Creative
-Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 United States License</a>.
-</p>
-
-<p>
-Updated:
-<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2011/09/20 18:10:29 $
-<!-- timestamp end -->
-</p>
-</div>
-
-<!-- <div id="translations"> -->
-<!-- <h4>Translations of this page</h4> -->
-<!--  -->
-<!-- Please keep this list alphabetical by language code. -->
-<!-- Comment what the language is for each type, i.e. de is German. -->
-<!-- Write the language name in its own language (Deutsch) in the text. -->
-<!-- If you add a new language here, please -->
-<!-- advise address@hidden and add it to -->
-<!--  - /home/www/html/server/standards/README.translations.html -->
-<!--  - one of the lists under the section "Translations Underway" -->
-<!--  - if there is a translation team, you also have to add an alias -->
-<!--  to mail.gnu.org:/com/mailer/aliases -->
-<!-- Please also check you have the language code right; see: -->
-<!-- http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/code_list.php -->
-<!-- If the 2-letter ISO 639-1 code is not available, -->
-<!-- use the 3-letter ISO 639-2. -->
-<!-- Please use W3C normative character entities. -->
-<!--  -->
-<!-- <ul class="translations-list"> -->
-<!-- Arabic -->
-<!-- <li><a 
href="/philosophy/schools.ar.html">&#1575;&#1604;&#1593;&#1585;&#1576;&#1610;&#1577;</a>&nbsp;[ar]</li>
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-<!-- Bulgarian -->
-<!-- <li><a 
href="/philosophy/schools.bg.html">&#x431;&#x44A;&#x43B;&#x433;&#x430;&#x440;&#x441;&#x43A;&#x438;</a>&nbsp;[bg]</li>
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-<!-- Catalan -->
-<!-- <li><a 
href="/philosophy/schools.ca.html">catal&agrave;</a>&nbsp;[ca]</li> -->
-<!-- German -->
-<!-- <li><a href="/philosophy/schools.de.html">Deutsch</a>&nbsp;[de]</li> -->
-<!-- Greek -->
-<!-- <li><a 
href="/philosophy/schools.el.html">&#x03b5;&#x03bb;&#x03bb;&#x03b7;&#x03bd;&#x03b9;&#x03ba;&#x03ac;</a>&nbsp;[el]</li>
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-<!-- English -->
-<!-- <li><a href="/philosophy/schools.html">English</a>&nbsp;[en]</li> -->
-<!-- Spanish -->
-<!-- <li><a 
href="/philosophy/schools.es.html">espa&ntilde;ol</a>&nbsp;[es]</li> -->
-<!-- Farsi (Persian) -->
-<!-- <li><a 
href="/philosophy/schools.fa.html">&#x0641;&#x0627;&#x0631;&#x0633;&#x06cc;</a>&nbsp;[fa]</li>
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-<!-- French -->
-<!-- <li><a 
href="/philosophy/schools.fr.html">fran&ccedil;ais</a>&nbsp;[fr]</li> -->
-<!-- Hebrew -->
-<!-- <li><a 
href="/philosophy/schools.he.html">&#x05e2;&#x05d1;&#x05e8;&#x05d9;&#x05ea;</a>&nbsp;[he]</li>
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-<!-- Italian -->
-<!-- <li><a href="/philosophy/schools.it.html">italiano</a>&nbsp;[it]</li> -->
-<!-- Malayalam -->
-<!-- <li><a 
href="/philosophy/schools.ml.html">&#3374;&#3378;&#3375;&#3390;&#3379;&#3330;</a>&nbsp;[ml]</li>
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-<!-- Dutch -->
-<!-- <li><a href="/philosophy/schools.nl.html">Nederlands</a>&nbsp;[nl]</li> 
-->
-<!-- Polish -->
-<!-- <li><a href="/philosophy/schools.pl.html">polski</a>&nbsp;[pl]</li> -->
-<!-- Brazilian Portuguese -->
-<!-- <li><a href="/philosophy/schools.pt-br.html">portugu&ecirc;s do 
Brasil</a>&nbsp;[pt-br]</li> -->
-<!-- Russian -->
-<!-- <li><a 
href="/philosophy/schools.ru.html">&#x0440;&#x0443;&#x0441;&#x0441;&#x043a;&#x0438;&#x0439;</a>&nbsp;[ru]</li>
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-<!-- Tamil -->
-<!-- <li><a 
href="/philosophy/schools.ta.html">&#2980;&#2990;&#3007;&#2996;&#3021;</a>&nbsp;[ta]</li>
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-<!-- Uzbek -->
-<!-- <li><a href="/philosophy/schools.uz.html">O'zbekcha</a>&nbsp;[uz]</li> -->
-<!-- </ul> -->
-<!-- </div> -->
-</div>
-</body>
-</html>



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